Ukraine Presses US for Tougher Sanctions as Experts Debate Kyiv's Reliance on American Aid

"Ukrainians would much rather have the United States on their side than on Russia’s [...] But Ukrainians do not believe that losing American support will inevitably lead to their defeat. They see how they have sustained the war effort, using their own resources and with the help of European partners, even as the U.S. has moved away. Writing the United States off as a friend might once have been a sign of doom for Ukraine. It isn’t anymore." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/ukraine-trump-us-oil-russia/686854/?gift=BQHDq1p24LRO8cUUEyLQ662MHEbZ7hRgiAy66D6yYJ0

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“I think he sees real opportunity, both to win the #war in #Ukraine, effectively, but also to sideline the #US not just from Ukraine but from Europe,” said Max Bergmann, a #Russia analyst at #CSIS in Washington who worked at the #State Dept during the Obama admin. #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #war #geopolitics #alliance

«Die Ukraine hat die USA aufgefordert, die Sanktionen gegen russisches Öl wieder einzuführen» https://ukraine-nachrichten.de/ukraine-usa-aufgefordert-sanktionen-gegen-russisches-wieder-einzuf%C3%BChren_30814?mtm_source=mastodon&mtm_medium=social&mtm_campaign=ma #Ukraine #Iran #Kiew #Kyjiw #Regierung #Russland #Sanktionen #Usa

KYIV POST: Svyrydenko Tells US Lawmakers Ukraine Needs More Security Support, Tougher Sanctions on Russia Visiting Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko urged US lawmakers to tighten sanctions on Russia and strengthen support for Ukraine ahead of winter. https://www.kyivpost.com/post/74189 #Ukraine #Europe

📰 US Quietly Renews Russian Oil Waiver Amid Market Turmoil, Policy Confusion 🔗 https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-oil-sanctions-waiver-treasury-iran/33735009.html #News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

📰 Putin believes now is best moment to 'destabilize' EU and NATO to reduce support for Ukraine – CCD 🔗 https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4113898-putin-believes-now-is-best-moment-to-destabilize-eu-and-nato-to-reduce-support-for-ukraine-ccd.html #News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

Putin believes now is best moment to ‘destabilize’ EU and NATO to reduce support for Ukraine – CCD Russia is preparing to intensify information and hybrid attacks against the EU and NATO, as Vladimir Putin has… #Europe #EU #EuropeanUnion https://www.europesays.com/europe/16650/

📰 US withdrawal from Alliance unlikely, - NATO Secretary General Rutte 🔗 https://censor.net/en/news/3611159/nato-secretary-general-rutte-is-confident-the-us-will-remain-in-nato #News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

📰 US again eases sanctions on Russian oil shipments 🔗 https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-economy/4113966-us-again-eases-sanctions-on-russian-oil-shipments.html #News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

Op-Ed "Ukraine Has Written Off the United States Zelensky has stopped pretending that Trump might be an ally." #Russia #China #USA #Security #News #Iran #Israel #War #EU #NATO #UN #Nuclear #Weapons #Politics #Pentagon #WW3 #Lebanon #WarCrimes #Incompetence #Ukraine https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/ukraine-trump-us-oil-russia/686854

📰 Russia losing $100M daily from Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure 🔗 https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4113992-russia-losing-100m-daily-from-ukrainian-strikes-on-oil-infrastructure.html #News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

One of our comrades from Russia want to share his experience. First and foremost Glory to Ukraine! Living during times, when your country has fallen into tyranny, when markets become monopolized , democracy destroyed, freedom of speech wiped out, free internet eradicated, and unjust war is going for years… you may start remembering, that there was a brief moment after the fall of USSR, when country was still relatively free you even believed that you have some hope for the future. A fairy tale, a fantasy, an illusion, a lost paradise. Curious to think, that for quite a while folk even here, not only in the west lived in relative peace, with some hopes, with affordable things and housing. It was all just a moment, someone’s joke, a chance for something, that no one was willing to take. We thought as fools, that it will last for years, and everything will be just better and better. Those neoliberal illusions after the fall of USSR… Back then, even revolutionary theory seems something distant and old. But just as all other fairy tales that one has ended, it has left us with imperialism, tyrants, fascism and understanding that nothing will be better, that terror, war, and then civil war is new norm. Unfortunately, for us neoliberal hope has not ended in an instant. Those Illusions died slowly and with a big cost. And one of the last one – a hope for democratic Russia in the future without civil war and disintegration has died with Navalny… I think that in the life of everyone, who end up in similar situation there were foreshadowing – a signs of future doom. It was those stories that sometimes were whispered about great terror- when families was ripped apart suddenly in one night just to never see each other again, that the whites were killing all who slightly looked like a jew, that half of the Russian tsarists and capitalists, who flew the civil war and revolution end up joining the Nazis, that a state can just take away your home at any moment and make you go 1000 miles away to some hellhole for no reason. We thought it was just a history, some sad long gone pages. In reality, it was foreshadowing the new norms of our life. Turns out those sad pages of history are actually repeating themselves right now. Turns out, that how the world actually is. All those neoliberal illusions and hopes were like tears in the rain. Sometimes I even think – was it even real, when you can just write in Russian internet posts against Putin and government, without any fear of upcoming arrest? A tragedy was forming itself, while fools were dancing their last moments in blissful ignorance. I wonder comrades, do you feel the same? Living under tyranny means learning to hide what you think, learning to hide your identity, never say what you actually mean, always considering everyone as a potential snitch. Such existence will destroy everything you could be, It could destroy everything that you actually are. Unless you have a means to glimpse into the future with techniques like psychic vision, remote viewing, day to day dream interpretations. Such mental intel could really help, when fear and anxiety are main instruments of the tyrants, which like to copy Russian experience of the “rule of uncertainty” bullshit. Join digital brotherhood of mystical anarchists – give your mind means to penetrate the uncertainty. #anarchy #anarchism #Russia #parapsychology #occult #personal #politics #fascism #left #tyranny #democracy

📰 Ukraine destroys Russian Solntsepyok flamethrower system on Zaporizhzhia front – video 🔗 https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/04/18/8030723/ #News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

⚠️🇷🇺Russia losing $100M daily from Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4113992-russia-losing-100m-daily-from-ukrainian-strikes-on-oil-infrastructure.html #Ukraine #Press #Media #News #Headlines #russiaUkraineWar #12yrInvasionOfUkraine #RussiansAreBabyKillers